Improved wardrobe and bedstead



UNITED STATES PATENT OEECE.

LEVI WING AND DAVID MYERS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVED WARDROBE AND BEDSTEAD.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 55,568., dated J une 12, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LEVI WING and DA- VID MYERs,'of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improved Combined Wardrobe and Bedstead; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and the letters and figures marked thereon, which form part of this specication.

The nature of our said invention consists in combining a bedstead with a wardrobe in such a manner that it may be folded up or adjusted in a suitable recess in the rea-r of the wardrobe when not in use, so as to be wholly out of the way, and may be readily let down into a horizontal position when desired for use, the wardrobe being revolved or turned out at right angles with the wall of the room, as hereinafter described, to enable the bedstead to be let down upon ahinge, as aforesaid, and as hereinafter more fully described.

To enable those skilled in the art to understand how to construct andl use our invention, we will proceed to describe the same with particularity, making reference in so doing to the aforesaid drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a front elevation of our invention Fig. 2, a rear elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 a transverse section thereof.

Similar letters of reference in the several figures denote the same parts of our invention.

A represents the wardrobe, provided with the folding doors, as shown, and a drawer, B, in which garments may be suspended and stowed away, the drawer being a convenient place for keeping the pillows of the bed during the day.

In the rear of the wardrobe there is a suitable recess, as shown, in which the bedstead, and also the bed-clothing and mattress, may be folded, turning up upon any suitable hinge.

C represents a strong iron pin, which passes down through the wardrobe at one corner thereof, which may be driven into the floor to hold the wardrobe in place, while it also forms a pivot upon which it may be moved out, as aforesaid, to enable the bedstead to be let down for use.

E represents a rectangular frame, through one end of which the rod F passes, the ends thereof entering the sides of the wardrobe, thus securing said frame E to the wardrobe, as by a hinge.

D represents a series of elastic slats secured at each end to the frame E, and forming the bed-bottom, upon which the mattress and bedding are placed.

G represents two standards or supports of suitable length, pivoted at b to the frame of the bedstead, so as to hang down out of the way when the bedstead is turned up, as seen in Fig. 2 and in dotted lines in Fig. 3, and to assume a vertical and supporting position when the bedstead is turned down, as seen in Fig. 3. Thus when turned down the bedstead is supported at one end by said supports G G, and at the other by the rod F and wardrobe, as shown and described.

Hrepresents the head-board of thebedstead, hinged to the frame E so as to fold down, as seen in dotted lines in Fig. 3, and open, as seen in full lines in the same tigure.

When the bedstead is turned up there is ample space in the recess in the rear of the wardrobe to contain the mattress and other bedding except the pillows, (which may be placed in the drawer 13,) so that the whole occupies no more space in the room than the wardrobe alone.

a represents a spring-catch by which the bedstead is held up in the recess when not in use, but which may readily be let down in a horizontal position by pressing upon tfhe spring a.

Having described our invention, we will now specify what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent.

The combination of the wardrobe A, provided with its regular and distinct compartment for wearing-apparel, and the bedstead E, so arranged as to fold into a recess in the rear part of said wardrobe, substantially as herein specified aud shown.

' LEVI WING.

DAVID MYERS. Witnesses:

G. S. DANLY, W. E. Manns. 

